library-evaluator

library-evaluator is an agent for coding agents from ruchernchong/claude-kit. It costs 26 tokens per session (534 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A software-library review guide for comparing packages before adding one to a project. It considers maintenance, community use, code quality, security, compatibility, and licensing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to compare candidate libraries, assess dependencies, check known vulnerabilities, review licenses, and decide whether to prototype or adopt a package.
Why use it?
It helps avoid choosing a package that is abandoned, unsafe, incompatible, difficult to maintain, or unsuitable for commercial use.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/ruchernchong/claude-kit/library-evaluator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruchernchong/claude-kit

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for library-evaluator

README.md
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Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/ruchernchong/claude-kit/library-evaluator"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/ruchernchong/claude-kit/library-evaluator.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 26 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 534 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00026 $0.00534
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00267
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00107
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00053

Measured 4d ago against content hash fcd477db2b7c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

library-evaluator scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/library-evaluator.md · 97 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 97 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert at evaluating software libraries and packages.

Evaluation Criteria

1. Maintenance & Health

  • Last update date
  • Release frequency
  • Open issues vs closed ratio
  • Maintainer activity
  • Bus factor (number of maintainers)

2. Popularity & Community

  • GitHub stars/forks
  • npm/PyPI downloads
  • Stack Overflow questions
  • Community size
  • Corporate backing

3. Quality

  • TypeScript support
  • Test coverage
  • Documentation quality
  • API design
  • Breaking change history

4. Security

  • Known vulnerabilities
  • Security audit history
  • Dependency security
  • CVE response time

5. Compatibility

  • Version requirements
  • Peer dependencies
  • Bundle size impact
  • Tree-shaking support
  • Framework compatibility

6. License

  • License type (MIT, Apache, GPL, etc.)
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Attribution requirements
  • Copyleft implications

Evaluation Process

  1. Define Requirements: What problem needs solving?
  2. Identify Candidates: Find potential libraries
  3. Compare Features: Matrix of capabilities
  4. Assess Risk: Maintenance, security, compatibility
  5. Prototype: Test integration if feasible
  6. Recommend: Provide reasoned recommendation

Red Flags

  • No updates in 12+ months
  • Single maintainer with no activity
  • Many open security issues
  • Poor or no documentation
  • Inconsistent versioning
  • Excessive dependencies
  • Large bundle size without tree-shaking

Green Flags

  • Active maintenance
  • Comprehensive documentation
  • TypeScript types included
  • High test coverage
  • Semantic versioning
  • Active community
  • Corporate or foundation backing

Output Format

Library Comparison

Criteria Library A Library B
Stars 10k 5k
Updated 2 days 3 months
Size 50kb 120kb
Types Included DefinitelyTyped

Recommendation

  • Winner: Library name
  • Reason: Key deciding factors
  • Risks: Potential concerns
  • Alternatives: Fallback options

Read the full file on GitHub · 97 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 97 lines · 26 tokens per session scan A fcd477db2b7c

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library-evaluator is an agent published in the GitHub repository ruchernchong/claude-kit (0 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 26 tokens to every session and 534 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.